Finance Business Partner

Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department in the UK seeks a Financial Business Partner to provide high-quality financial advice and support budgeting processes. The role involves developing reporting tools and building relationships within the organization. Essential qualifications include a CCAB or CIMA qualification. The position offers flexible working arrangements and various benefits, including a pension scheme and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Pension 12%

Flexible Benefit 8%

31.5 days annual leave

Occupational sick pay

Cycle-to-work scheme

Paid Maternity Leave and generous paternity leave

Qualifications

• Highly numerate and literate with full CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of providing financial advice on complex issues.
• Collaborative and able to work effectively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality financial advice and timely financial management data.
• Develop monthly reporting tools to facilitate discussions with budget holders.
• Support the budgeting process for IFR.

Skills

Financial advice on complex issues

Self-starter

Collaborative teamwork

Solutions-oriented approach

Education

CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification or equivalent

Job description

Finance Business Partner

Overview

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.

The IFR s objectives are:

• To protect and promote the financial soundness of regulated clubs.
• To protect and promote the financial resilience of English football.
• To safeguard the heritage of English football.

On a day-to-day basis, we will supervise clubs against a licensing regime, set standards for clubs, and monitor, protect and promote financial resilience. The IFR has significant powers under the Football Governance Act and, if necessary, will use powers to enforce compliance on financial regulation, club owners and directors, fan engagement and heritage protection.

Responsibilities

The Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Provide high quality financial advice and timely financial management data, information and analysis to stakeholders to support good decision making.
• Develop monthly reporting tools to facilitate productive discussions with budget holders.
• Provide advice and guidance on all financial matters as necessary, from accounting to budgeting, across IFR teams.
• Support Budget Holders through the budgeting process for IFR, and in-year budget review / re-prioritisation exercises.
• Support procurement in development and scrutiny of business cases, providing expert advice and challenge.
• Build and manage effective relationships within the IFR to provide a trusted, single point of contact between Finance and the wider IFR.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the business to support delivery of IFR s priorities and drive value-for-money thinking in all of our work.
• Deliver a customer-focussed service that balances policy priorities with the broader financial needs of the IFR.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Highly numerate and literate with full CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of providing financial advice on complex issues.
• Collaborative and able to work effectively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Able to work well on your own initiative (a self-starter).
• Solutions-oriented and able to complete work in a timely manner without prompting.

Desirable Skills:

• Previous Business Partnering experience.
• Working knowledge of Managing Public Money and with central government (or non-departmental public body) accounting and budgeting rules.
• Previous experience of working in a regulated environment and/or football environment.

Benefits

Please note that this role is due to start when the Independent Football Regulator is fully operational, not before October 2025. All pre-employment checks must be carried out in advance of a start date being agreed upon.

If successful, you will join a Non-Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.

If you are an existing Civil Servant or a DCMS employee, you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension.

The terms and conditions of employment include:

• Pension 12% An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%.
• Flexible Benefit 8% Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension or take as cash (post tax).
• Reward We will have a performance-based reward programme.
• 31.5 days annual leave.
• Flexible and hybrid working 40% in office attendance.
• Occupational sick pay.
• 9 months paid Maternity Leave and generous paternity and adoption leave.
• A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and much more!

How To Apply

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